Patient compliance: the pharmacist's role
Open Access
- 1 March 1992
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in International Journal of Pharmacy Practice
- Vol. 1 (3), 126-135
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.2042-7174.1992.tb00554.x
Abstract
Pharmacists can influence patients' compliance with prescribed medicines not only by educating and informing patients but also by helping to simplify their medication regimens. This article discusses the measurement of compliance and looks at ways of improving it.Keywords
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